Röbel () is a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

in the

Mecklenburgische Seenplatte The Mecklenburg Lake Plateau or Mecklenburg Lakeland
- Federal Ministry of Economics ...

district, in

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV; ; ), also known by its anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a state in the north-east of Germany. Of the country's sixteen states, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ranks 14th in population; it covers an are ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

. It is situated on the western shore of

Lake Müritz A lake is often a naturally occurring, relatively large and fixed body of water on or near the Earth's surface. It is localized in a basin or interconnected basins surrounded by dry land. Lakes lie completely on land and are separate from t ...

, 25 km north of

Wittstock Wittstock/Dosse is a town in the Ostprignitz-Ruppin district, in north-western Brandenburg, Germany. Geography It is located in the eastern Prignitz region on the Dosse River near the confluence with its Glinze tributary, about east of Prit ...

, and 27 km southwest of Waren. It is part of the

Amt Amt is a type of administrative division governing a group of municipalities, today only in Germany, but formerly also common in other countries of Northern Europe. Its size and functions differ by country and the term is roughly equivalent to ...

Röbel-Müritz.

Sights

The museum ''Engelscher Hof'' and the half-timbered former

synagogue A synagogue, also called a shul or a temple, is a place of worship for Jews and Samaritans. It is a place for prayer (the main sanctuary and sometimes smaller chapels) where Jews attend religious services or special ceremonies such as wed ...

provide a permanent exhibition on Mecklenburg's Jewish history, commemorating among other things the life and work of

Israel Jacobson Israel Jacobson () (17 October 1768, Halberstadt – 14 September 1828, Berlin) was a German-Jewish philanthropist and communal organiser. Jacobson pioneered political, educational and religious reforms in the early days of Jewish emancipation, a ...

, formerly consistorial president in the

Kingdom of Westphalia The Kingdom of Westphalia was a client state of First French Empire, France in present-day Germany that existed from 1807 to 1813. While formally independent, it was ruled by Napoleon's brother Jérôme Bonaparte. It was named after Westphalia, ...

and feudal landlord in

Jördenstorf Jördenstorf () is a municipality in the Rostock district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. History After the Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin emancipated its Jewish subjects in 1813 Israel Jacobson bought two feudal manor estates, Klenz and G ...

Notable people

Franz Engel Franz Engel (1834 in Röbel – 1920 in Neubrandenburg) was a German explorer and Natural History (Pliny), naturalist. He traveled extensively in South America in the years 1857–63 and published the results of his explorations in several volum ...

(1834–1920), ethnologist, biologist, and research traveler * Gustav Melkert (1890–1943), secretary of the agricultural workers' union in the then district of

Müritz The Müritz (; from Slavic languages, Slavic "little sea") is a lake in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, northern Germany. Its area is , which makes it the second largest lake in Germany (after Lake Constance) and the largest lake located entirely within ...

and member of the SPD. Used as a Nazi resister. A street in the district of Gildekamp is named after him. *

Julius Runge Julius Ludwig Friedrich Runge (28 June 1843, Röbel – 14 March 1922, Lindau) was a German landscape painter. Born in Röbel in northern Germany, he studied under Hans Gude and Gustav Schönleber. He painted in Munich, Karlsruhe, Hamburg and Linda ...

(1843–1922), painter *

Grit Breuer Grit Breuer (later Springstein, born 16 February 1972 in Röbel, Bezirk Neubrandenburg) is a German former athlete, who competed in the women's 200 metres, 400 metres, 4 × 100 m relay, and 4 × 400 m relay events. She has received injuri ...

(born 1972), athlete *

Otto Strack Otto Strack (died 1935) was an architect in the United States. Several buildings he designed are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Strack was born in Germany, where he learned carpentry, masonry and blacksmithing. Then he studi ...

(1856-1935), architect who worked in Chicago, Milwaukee and New York City. Designed Pabst Hotel in New York. Noted for using steel beams in theaters and early sky scrapers.

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